Though mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) usually evokes images of complex equations and high-tech robotics, some more down-to-earth items adorn MAE professor Michael Littman's office: radios ...
The Youtuber Shadowman39 has built a functional, mechanical 8-bit computer with the construction toy for roller coasters and towers K'nex. The machine can process binary numbers between 0 and 255 or ...
[Credit: Kyle/Instructables] If you were anything like me as a kid (or even an adult!), if you couldn’t get your hands on some Lego, you’d turn to the next best thing: K’nex. If you’re into making ...
The St. Paul Pioneer Press last talked to Austin Granger in 2012 when the University of Minnesota undergraduate was becoming a YouTube sensation. He had filled his St. Paul bedroom with a massive ...
SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Cedar Point amusement park and K'Nex toy company are launching the Great Thrill Ride Build-Off. The contest pits classrooms in a competition to build the most innovative -- and ...
The original 2,400-piece K’nex roller coaster is one of the holy grails of ‘90s toys. And for some, it inspired a lifetime obsession with building scale model thrill rides. YouTube’s CoasterWriter has ...
This life-sized K'Nex replica of the Bloodhound Supersonic Car was today unveiled by Richard Noble, OBE and former world land speed record holder, at Brooklands Museum in Surrey. The model, measured ...